How low has Chabad-Lubavitch fallen? How low will they stoop for some PR and politicking?
I was quite surprised to see that no less than an official spokesman for them, who tweets with the handle @Chabad Lubavitch, recently hosted a Ramadan Iftar meal in Crown Heights. Now I understand wanting good relations with other groups, that is admirable, however, it is our way to maintain a separation in the religious sphere.
Not only that, he was joined by Belzer and Agudath Israel representatives at the event as well.
This shows the hefkeirus in Chabad-Lubavitch nowadays. No living Rebbe, איש הישר בעיניו יעשה. Where is Yudel Krinsky, Shemtov, etc.? A lone voice protested online, but otherwise there seemed to be just silence along with support from a major Chabad-Lubavitch outlet.
Does Agudath Israel not exercise oversight over its representative? Belz? It's true that their participation raises serious questions as well, however, it seems that they just joined, while Chabad-Lubavitch was the driving force behind it.
Get together with others, work together for good things, sure. But there are still certain boundaries set by our faith and rabbis, that stay in place.
Does anyone think that the late Lubavitcher Rebbe would endorse such a thing?
What will Chabad do next? Host an Easter egg roll on the lawn of 770?
May we be zoche to תשובה שלמה and שלום על ישראל בקרוב.
This is a new low even for them.
ReplyDeleteI’m no fan of their late deceased leader, but he would definitely not have allowed this. Exactly as you wrote, this is the result of not having any leadership (which is the Rebbe’s fault, but that’s not the subject here).
We might indeed see the Easter thing next but one thing we will definitely never see is an invitation from Chabad to Litvishe gedolim to celebrate, say, the Vilna Gaon’s yahrtzeit.